Christopher Douglas Woolverton
Christopher Woolverton, 51, died on October 23, 2013, while held at the Clements Unit, a William P. Clements state prison in Texas, according to a custodial death report filed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. His family's federal wrongful death lawsuit, brought through their attorney Benjamin Haile, says he had stage IV chronic kidney disease, had lost weight rapidly, and was too ill to stand or respond when medical workers checked on him. The suit says he died on the floor after being pepper-sprayed. The lawsuit names former wardens and medical personnel for neglect, and the case is pending in federal court.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). His family's federal wrongful death lawsuit says prison staff ignored his stage IV kidney disease and rapid weight loss, and that he died on the floor after being pepper-sprayed.
Reported by: his family, through attorney Benjamin Haile, in a federal wrongful death lawsuit against TDCJ (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His family sued the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in federal court over his death at the Clements prison, alleging medical neglect and that he died on the floor after being pepper-sprayed; the case was pending in the reporting.